Berrington Hall Golf Club

I arrived at Berrington knowing there was lots of trees and water on the course and that a number of my normal rivals for the spoon were missing – I wasn’t hopeful. Having had a quality bacon barm and a cappuccino I headed for the first tee.

My group consisted of the old and the new: me and my winning Ryder cup fourball partner Phil, along with new member Rob and returning member young Michael. I managed to avoid the water off the first tee and was happy to get a 5. When the same thing happened on the second and third l realised something was wrong – the ball was going where l aimed it . I took the decision to use this to my advantage and started aiming where l wanted the ball to go. This strategy worked up to the SI 1 7th when the real Colin Davies returned!! I decided that l could play a 150 yard 6 iron over 40ft trees to a green l couldn’t see – blob !!

We continued with me and Phil watching Michael and Rob hitting 7 irons further than our drives while I told them I really am crap and don’t know what is going on. Phil has seen me play so just asked for a drug test. We completed the round and l was told l had scored 40 points and was runner up to a proper golfer Dan. I was happy with this and the 2 shot cut. The next day l was told that VAR was involved and I had scored 41 and won and was now going to get my second 6 shot cut. I said I was more than happy with second and a 2 shot cut but this was not allowed.

Before the round began it was pointed out that I had attended more monthly events since 2016 than anyone. The moral of the story is that if you attend most of the events for 8 years and never win anything you end up with such an embarrassingly high handicap that you have a chance!!

Cheers and see you all in god’s own country in December when I will be, once again, chasing the spoon.

Thanks and congrats to our winner, Colin Davies

For full schedule see; Berrington Hall

Long Drive – Rob Hodgson

NP – Dan Witterick

NP2 – Mark Murray

2’s – Dan Witterick, Simon Davies, Mike Bower, Lee Hardy

For current League and Helix standings see Current Season.

See you all at the next event